Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone and Changwon National University Launch Generative AI Training for Resident Company Employees
The Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority (BJFEZ) announced on September 11 that, as the first joint project under the Supra-regional Anchor Project Partnership Agreement signed on September 1, it will provide AI education for employees of resident companies in collaboration with Changwon National University. The program consists of four sessions held every Friday at the BJFEZ first-floor promotional hall until October 16, covering generative AI, prompt engineering, industrial artificial intelligence, and AI-based innovation in manufacturing and logistics. A total of nine organizations and groups are involved, including the anchor project teams of Pusan National University, Changwon National University, Korea Maritime & Ocean University, and Inje University.
The event shows a local free economic zone in South Korea organizing generative AI and data training for incumbent employees through a government-led, multi-university partnership, representing concrete implementation of regional talent supply and industry-academic cooperation rather than a one-off lecture. For AI education practitioners, its value lies in a curriculum designed from a company demand survey and explicitly extended toward internships and joint projects, making it an observable case of linking corporate training with university programs. Limitations: the original text does not disclose the number of participating companies, learner scale, funding, or assessment methods, nor does it provide training outcome data, so actual coverage and effectiveness cannot be judged. Provides generative AI and data application training to employees of manufacturing, logistics, and shipbuilding equipment companies in the Busan and Gyeongnam free economic zone, directly supplementing incumbent workers' AI skills. Establishes an organizational framework for regional industry-academic cooperation and follow-up internships and joint projects through a nine-party collaboration of four universities, government bodies, and a business association.